Mmmnnn... Grilled Pizza!

This turned out way better than I thought! Wolfgang Puck's Pizza Dough, grill on one side, flip, add your toppings and let melt and bubble. Yum! Next time fresh basil, goat cheese and caramelized onions.

Summer in the Garden

Grow Tall, Clematis

I had this extra piece of trellis from the studio and decided it would be a good thing for my clematis to grow up on. It will look great once the plant fills up and out and is covered with purple blooms.



Here are some things that are blooming now..







And lots of these:

My Garden

It's amazing what just a couple of days of sunshine can do.

Skirt

I made this skirt today to go around this old shelving unit - it hides the ugly dog food and telephone books. Happy, even though it's just a "making-do" kind of thing - I have not been able to find a tiny little hutch to fit the spot yet, not that I spent all that much time looking before I gave up.

Grout Note

Just in case we need it for later: Polyblend brand, non-sanded, oyster gray, #386.

The rest of the wall

As my 7-year-old says, "it's starting to feel like a REAL home".

I *heart* walls

Oh, you know there is progress being made when a wall goes from 2X4 frames to sheetrocked in... so that the cat can no longer jump out at you (or the dog) from the shadows under the tub, or you can no longer see through three rooms at one time... when you don't see pipes and wires and the construction mess piled up... SOLID. Even if not yet plastered and painted... they are real walls. A place I can someday hang some of my art. Happy.



And then, on the other side of that wall - the new section in the hallway, not the one next to the table - you can finally see the room taking shape as well. I can't wait to soak in the tub - I hope it happens in time to enjoy the lilac tree in bloom - right outside the window. I don't know though... things will have to happen pretty quickly, the tree is growing buds right now.

And the Master Bedroom

I'm about ready to paint in there... I just can not stand the depressing olive green and aqua curtains in there any longer. I'm going to try Ben Moore's Homestead Green. This is my inspiration photo, for colors and windows.



I also like these bedrooms, for various reasons:















And check out this bed, I love it!